Moscow, Jan 1 (IRNA-PTI) — Russia is confident of its bilateral relations with India and will do its best in enhancing cooperation between the two nations in diverse fields in the future, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said in his New Year messages to the Indian leadership.
“We are confident in the future of relations between Russia and India and will do our best to carry on political, trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural contacts,”
Putin wrote to President Pratibha Patil.
“I am sure that the Russian Year in India in 2008 will contribute to the success of this policy,” he said.
In a separate “New Year” message to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Putin underscored that the political and business contacts between India and Russia intensified in outgoing year in which the two nations celebrated the 60th anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic relations.